by GCV Education Fund | Mar 26, 2020 | Democracy
The 2020 Census is happening now! Earlier this year, we wrote about why taking the census is essential to protecting the environment. Here’s what you need to know to respond to the census survey online, by phone, or by mail. The Census is basically just a survey. The...
by GCV Education Fund | Mar 25, 2020 | Energy & Climate, Environmental Justice
The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an annual celebration that takes place on April 22 that brings millions of activists together to support protecting our planet and the people who live on it. As Earth month approaches, we know that the challenges...
by GCV Education Fund | Mar 2, 2020 | Energy & Climate, Environmental Justice, Legislative
The second half of the Georgia General Assembly’s legislative session began on January 13. It’s been a busy session and crossover day, the day when bills need to be sent to the second chamber, is rapidly approaching on March 12. For reference, bills that are not sent...
by GCV Education Fund | Jan 31, 2020 | Democracy
What exactly is gerrymandering – and why should environmentalists care? Once every decade, the U.S. Census is conducted. This historical record counts all persons living within the population. The final counts are then used to recalculate the number of seats that each...
by GCV Education Fund | Jan 31, 2020 | Democracy, Environmental Justice
Every ten years, the U.S. government issues a census survey to collect information about the American population. The information that is collected is used for two critical purposes: 1. More than $1.5 trillion in federal funding is distributed to state and local...
by GCV Education Fund | Jan 30, 2020 | Environmental Justice
Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped change the country when he spoke out against the racial injustices that African Americans faced, nearly a century after the end of slavery and the American Civil War. Today, every child growing up in the United States...
by GCV Education Fund | Sep 20, 2019 | Energy & Climate
What Georgia Power is proposing: Georgia Power residential customers pay a monthly “mandatory” fee that is hidden on your power bill. All customers are forced to pay this fee no matter how much energy you use. Georgia Power wants to hike your monthly fee...
by GCV Education Fund | Sep 4, 2019 | Energy & Climate, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2019 Contact: Chris Carnevale, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, chris@cleanenergy.org, 843-973-2637 Melissa Williams, Sierra Club, melissa.williams@sierraclub.org, 828-545-0443 Adam Winer, Consumer...
by GCV Education Fund | Aug 1, 2019 | Energy & Climate
Background information: Every three years an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is filed with Georgia’s Public Service Commission (PSC). The IRP outlines the plan to deliver energy to millions of customers over a 20-year time frame and lays out a vision for the mix...
by GCV Education Fund | Jul 14, 2019 | Energy & Climate
AJC: The Jolt: A sing-off for solar energy at the PSC By Jim Galloway Greg Bluestein Tamar Hallerman Next Tuesday, the state Public Service Commission will vote on Georgia Power’s “Integrated Resource Plan,” a three-year blueprint outlining how much power the...
